Looking for a fun and easy way to get involved on campus? Come volunteer for the UBC Alumni Weekend on May 26, 2012! Alumni Weekend is an annual event that invites UBC alumni back to Point Grey Campus for a day of exciting lectures and classes (without quizzes!), tours of the newest buildings on campus, a chance to reunite with old friends, and much more! There are over 50 sessions happening throughout the day and we are looking for fun and enthusiastic volunteers to help make the day a success. Volunteers will assist with registration, event setup, tours, wayfinding, education sessions and much more! Lunch and an event t-shirt will be provided.
For more information please visit our website or email Carman Lam at alumni [dot] weekend [at] ubc [dot] ca.

Want to get involved with the Science Undergraduate Society this summer? Did you have an amazing and memorable first week back to school this past year? SUS is hiring for the First Week Planning Committee! The following positions are open for application:

• Events Coordinators (2 positions available)
• Imagine Day Coordinators (2 positions available)
• Graphics/Marketing (2 positions available)
• Logistics Coordinator (1 position available)
• Open House Coordinator (1 position available)
• Human Resources (2 positions available)

For a more detailed description of these positions, please refer to the attached document. The application deadline is May 5th, 2012.

On Friday, April 20th, UBC Net Impact will host the 10th Annual Net Impact Conference and Sustainability Expo, "Sustainability: Beyond Rhetoric" at the Renaissance Hotel, Vancouver. Join over 200 business and student leaders to discuss the challenges and best practices in the sustainable business arena; propelling the conversation beyond the rhetoric that can too often dominate this space.

Come enjoy a keynote address from CEO of global clean tech venture capital leader Chrysalix, Wal van Lierop. Spend the day engaging key leaders from companies across industries at panel discussions and at the Sustainability Expo, and again over drinks at the eveningʼs Networking with Purpose event at the Granville Room. Be a part of the day! Register here today: http://ubcnetimpact.eventbrite.ca (Registration closes Monday, April 16). for more information on the event check out: http://www.ubcnetimpact.org

The Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair (www.gvrsf.ca) is recruiting volunteers to supervise high school students during a tour of a UBC lab. Volunteers meet at the UBC SUB at 8:00am on April 13th and are dismissed at 10:30am. Email claire [at] gvrsf [dot] ca to sign up. Include your name, program/year and phone number.

On April 2nd, One Match, through its affiliation with LLSC, will be on UBC’s campus to get people registered in the bone marrow & stem cell donor registry. We get people to swab their cheeks and fill out some paper work so that their genetic profile can be recorded (it takes 5 – 10 minutes). Once registered, a potential donor may be contacted to donate if someone in need of a bone marrow graft with a matching genetic profile is found (over 900 Canadians are currently looking for a match). Stem cells are usually taken from your blood (similar to donating blood normally). These stem cells will save the life of someone with a blood cancer (lymphoma, leukemia, myeloma), autoimmune disease, or bone marrow infection. On a personal note, my friend is alive today because she received a bone marrow transplant. She lives in Vancouver, the donator came from Portland, Oregon.

As explained in the note below, we really need young people with diverse backgrounds, which is why we are coming to the UBC Campus. If you feel comfortable joining the registry please see the details of the drive below. If you are interested in volunteering on April 2nd, please contact Warren Fingrut (wfingrut [at] gmail [dot] com).

Date: Monday, April 2nd
Location: UBC's SUB (across from "Blue Chip" cafe)
Time: 9am-6pm
Volunteers can sign up to volunteer via the google doc (www.tinyurl.com/swabubc). Training will be provided right at the start of a volunteer's shift as needed.
Check us out on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/messages/?action=read&tid=id.286604488078281#!/events/276554022415427/
Our drive posters can be found at http://imgur.com/a/hCtRd

Whatever happens at Science Grad stays at Science Grad!

What better way to end your undergraduate journey than to attend Science Grad 2012? Come celebrate with the graduating class of 2012 one last time before you enter the world of reality! This year's Science Grad Banquet, featuring a Vegas theme, will be taking place at the Four Seasons Hotel on the evening of March 24th, 2012. Tickets are $60 if you buy them in person at the Abdul Ladha Science Student Centre from now until March 22nd, and $60 + service charge ($3) if you purchase it online at http://susubc.rezgo.com.

For more information, check out www.sus.ubc.ca/grad. If you have any questions or concerns, please email them to grad [at] sus [dot] ubc [dot] ca.

Are you a science student looking to go to this year’s AMS Block Party? Purchase your ticket from the SUS councillor office in the Abdul Ladha Student Science Centre for a sale price of $15.00 (compared to ~$21.00 at the outpost)! Or feel free to e-mail Natalie Liu at publicrelations [at] sus [dot] ubc [dot] ca to reserve your ticket.

The UBC Pre-Medical Society will have a "Diabetes 101" forum on Thursday, March 22nd from 5-7pm in Irving Rm. 155. We also have a samosa sale and henna station outside Abdul Ladha from 10-3PM on March 19-21st. On March 21st from 10-3PM we have a Hockey Shoot for Diabetes game. Dr. Brian Rodrigues and Heather McColl will be our guest speakers. We will also raffle off 2 hockey tickets which will be available at our Abdul Ladha Booth (a minimum donation of $2 required). Net proceeds benefit Canadian Diabetes Association.

On Monday, March 26th, SUS will be partnering with the Princeton Review to hold a MCAT strategy session from 5:00pm to 6:30pm at the Abdul Ladha Science Student Centre. Danny Mendelsohn, a first year surgery resident at UBC, who has been teaching the MCAT Chemistry for the past six years will be sharing some valuable insider tips and strategies. If you are planning on writing the MCAT this summer, you do not want to miss this!